He was despised and rejected by mankind, a man of suffering, and familiar with pain. Like one from whom people hide their faces he was despised, and we held him in low esteem. Isaiah 53:3 It was a long time before I understood – fully understood – what the Bible meant when it said that […]
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author, mental health advocate, follower of Christ
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And I will still be carrying you when you are old. Your hair will turn gray, and I will still carry you. I made you, and I will carry you to safety. Isaiah 46:4 All’s well. What hurt at one time is forgiven, pain forgotten. peace and kindness restored. Confusion accepted by loved […]
Read More...How you must have loved us, Lord. Giving all you had, yet seldom thanked. Misunderstood, though meaning well. Did you continue suffering after the cross? Bearing the pain of rejection from those to whom you had given yourself in love? Love given, but scorned. Forgiveness given but refused. And so, you continue […]
Read More...When they came to the place called the Skull, they crucified him there, along with the criminals—one on his right, the other on his left. Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.”] And they divided up his clothes by casting lots. Luke 23:33-34 While Roman soldiers were driving […]
Read More...Will my illness be forgiven? Cause for shame no longer there? When will Christ’s life speak forth? “Love the sick, the sinners, the outcasts.” When will your message be heard, Lord? When will your love prevail? Come to us now.
Read More...When they came to the place called the Skull, they crucified him there, along with the criminals—one on his right, the other on his left. Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.”] And they divided up his clothes by casting lots. Luke 23:33-34 While Roman soldiers were driving […]
Read More...what if hurt was not intended? what if all was a mistake – a part of being human? how to mend? how to set things right? come before the Healer. “Forgive us Lord!”
Read More...the bad forgiven, though pain remains forgiven, yet healing doesn’t come memories linger how to end? Jesus?
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When one of the Pharisees invited Jesus to have dinner with him, he went to the Pharisee’s house and reclined at the table. A woman in that town who lived a sinful life learned that Jesus was eating at the Pharisee’s house, so she came there with an alabaster jar of perfume. As she stood […]
Read More...I’ve been thinking – I could say almost endlessly – about forgiveness. Have I already talked to you about that here before? Am I getting tiresome to listen to? I know some people in my offline life must be. Stigma is such an ugly thing, making otherwise perfectly good “normal” people consider those who are […]
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